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In light of the acute shortage of gasoline quantities in Syria due to US sanctions, technical teams at the Baniyas refinery continue regular maintenance operations at the refinery in the Mediterranean.
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Baniyas refinery
The technical teams of the Baniyas Refinery continue the periodic maintenance operations of the refinery in the Mediterranean, with local capacities, and given the acute shortage of gasoline quantities in Syria, the maintenance operations take three weeks and are expected to be completed in a few days.
Syrian sources confirmed that the crisis was caused by US sanctions on the arrival of imports and financial transfers, in addition to the departure of most of the oil fields from state control in the northeast of the country.
Earlier on September 16, Syrian Oil Minister Bassam Tohme said that the cause of the suffocating crisis in his country in gasoline shortages was caused by the blocking of production and supply from the United States, in addition to the suspension of the Banias refinery for maintenance.
Tohme added that the US blockade is represented on two sides: the production side, which is that “the oil fields from which the country used to produce all its needs are now under US hand.” The second side is the importation of petroleum derivatives, pointing to the US insistence in the recent period on rigor. In the prevention of supplies.
In addition, he referred to the suspension of the Banias refinery due to its need for periodic maintenance, noting that “the US tightening coincided with the maintenance that is being carried out at the Banias refinery,” which has been operating continuously for 7 years due to the urgent need of its production, and supplies the country with two thirds of the need for gasoline.
He also noted that the operation of the refinery “has become a threat to its safety, the safety of the surrounding area and the safety of the entire coastal environment.” According to Tohme, “there was a decision that he described as brave to close the operation of the station, which cost between 3 and 4 billion dollars.”
As for the supplies that the ministry had contracted, he said they were delayed by the US blockade, explaining: “We were waiting for the supplies to arrive, but with the US insistence to prevent them from arriving, we had to cut by 30 to 35% “.
He noted that the contracts were ready, “but we did not expect this volume of persistence,” adding that “by the end of this month the problem will be solved and when the refinery returns, the problems will be solved, as production after Umrah will increase. 25% “.
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